Wheelbarrow



(No Model.)

. D. A. GARVER 8v C. H. STRAIGHT.

WHEBLBARROW.

No. 381,858. y Patented Apr. 17, 1888.

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UNITE STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DAVID A. GARVER AND CLARENCE H. STRAIGHT, OF BRYAN, OHIO.

WHELBARROW.

SPECIFICATIN forming part of Letters Patent No. 381,358I dated April1'7, 1888.

Application flcddannary 28, 1888. Serial No. 262,228. (No model.)

To a/ZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that we, DAVID A. GARVER and CLARENCE H. STRAIGHT, citizensof the United States, residing at Bryan, in the county of Williams andState of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inVheelbarrows; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and eXact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

Thisinvention relates to the frames of wheelbarrows and to the manner ofconstructing and putting the saine together; and it consists in theconstruction, arrangement, and combination of parts, as hereinafterdescribed, and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate our invention and form apart of this specilication, Figure 1 represents a side elevation of awheelbarrow constructed according to our plan; Fig. 2, a semi-top andsemi-bottom plan view of the same with the tray re moved; Fig. 3, a planview and sectional ele vation of a metal foot or socket which receivesthe lower ends of the bars which form thelegs and holds them together,and Fig. 4 a crosssection of one of the front bars, a.

A A designate the two handles or side bars of the barrow, B the wheel,and C the tray, these parts being constructed and arranged asheretofore.

The handles are bound together by crossbars bb, which are bolted againstthe under sides thereof by bolts b2, and whose ends project beyond t-heouter sides of the handles to form supports for the bars a c', which arearranged in pairs at opposite sides of the barrow. The bars a c crossthe handles or side bars, A A, and extend above and below the same, asshown. The lower ends arejoined together to form legs, and the upperends are separate to receive between them the tray and to form front andrear supports for the same. The bars a a are bolted to the projectingends of the cross-bars b b by bolts c c. Their lower ends are heldtogether by sockets or foot-pieces e, which are cup-shaped, asrepresented in Fig. 3. In the angles formed by the meeting ends of thetwo pairs of bars a c' is secured a transverse bar, d, the parts beingheld together by bolts f, which pass through the foot-pieces e, betweenthe ends of the bars a a', and through the ends of the bar d, thussecurely clamping and holding the parts together.

Instead of forming the ybearings of thejournals of the wheel in the sidebars, A, as usual, we use metallic bearingblocks g, which are secured tothe under sides of said bars, and form half-boxes for the journals. Theyare clamped in place by bowed bolts h, which pass around the journals,through the ends of the blocks g, and through the bars A, and aresecured by nuts on their ends.

By removing the bolts h the wheel may be readily taken off when desired5 also, by removing the bolts c c', the bars c c may be readily takenof. Thus we produce a wheelbarrow-frame which requires no framing, and

`which is capable of being easily knocked down77 and closely packed forshipping in quantities or for storing, and which is capable of beingreadily put together.

The upper ends of the bars c c are rounded where they bear against thetray, (see Fig. 4.,) whereby they are adapted to be used at either sideof the barrow and still present a sufficient surface to the tray to forma proper bearing for the same.

Having now described our invention, we claim as new l. In awheelbarrow-frame, the combina tion, with the handles or side bars, A A,of the crossbars b b, bolted thereto, their ends projecting beyond theside bars, and the bars c c', arranged in pairs at opposite sides of thebarrow and bolted to the projecting ends of the cross-bars b b', asshown, the lower ends of each pair joined together' and forming legs,and the upper ends separated to form front and rear supports for thetray, substantially as and for the purpose described.

2. In a wheelbarrow-frame, the combination, with the handles or sidebars, A A, of the cross-bars b b', bolted thereto, their ends projectingbeyond the side bars, the bars c a', arranged in pairs at opposite sidesof the barrow and bolted to the projecting ends of the cross-bars b b',as shown, the lower ends of each pair joined together and forming legs,and the upper ends separated to form front and rear supports for thetray, and the cross- IOO bar d, arranged in the angles formed by themeeting ends of the bars a a', and bolts pass f meeting ends of the barsa a. and connecting ing through the foot-pieces e and bar d, to the legsab opposite sides, substantially as clamp and hold the parts together,substanr 5 shown and described. bially as shown and described.

5 3. In a wheel-barroW-frame, the combina In testimony Whereof'we afxour signatures tion, With the handles or side bars, A A, of in presenceof two Witnesses. g the braced legs formed of bars a a, arranged DAVID AGARVER in pairs at opposite sides of the barrow and. l connected attheir lower ends, the socketed CLARENCE H STRAIGHT' 1o foot-pieces e,which receive the ends of the Witnessesz bars a a and hold themtogether, the trans- A. C. MARSHALL, verse bar d, arranged in thevangles of the J. K. POWELL.

